... sadistic mindsets and perform acts "for the selfish gratification of one persons desires, at the expense of anothers physical (and mental) pain" while receiving t gratification because pain was being inflicted on the tortured. Mr. Blonde tortures a cop and cuts his ear off while, Regan and Cornwall torture Glouchester. Each action is heartless in nature, which is sustained by both characters making ... obligation to taking an evil measure. Byrne manages to relate the two works together through Machiavelli with the self-destruction of virtually all of the characters. I believe that Glen ...

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